Question

jaince, tom, john, and tamara are trying to decide on who will make dinner and who will wash the dishes afterwards. they randomly pull two names out of a hat to decide, where the first name drawn will make dinner and the second will do the dishes. determine the probability that two people pulled will have first names beginning with the same letter. assume the same person cannot be picked for both

Answer 1

Once again, draw out the sample space.
J = Janice, T - Tom, O = john Look for JO

JT
JO
TO
TJ
OJ
OT

Therefore, 2/6 or 1/3